Porongurup tenuis, Choi, Su-Ho, Chandler, Donald S. & Park, Jong-Seok, 2019

Choi, Su-Ho, Chandler, Donald S. & Park, Jong-Seok, 2019, Porongurup, a new genus of pselaphine staphylinid beetles from Western Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Faronitae), ZooKeys 881, pp. 13-22 : 20-22

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.881.39535
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:175E7C92-A110-4464-80D4-FA0EAC3473B1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/04ECBDD6-4E5C-4450-BD21-12856B1D1334
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treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Porongurup tenuis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Porongurup tenuis sp. nov. Figs 1C View Figure 1 , 1F View Figure 1 , 2D View Figure 2 , 4E-F View Figure 4 , 4I View Figure 4 , 4L View Figure 4 , 5 View Figure 5

Type material.

Holotype. Australia: Western Australia (WA): 1♂, aedeagus dissected and mounted in Euparal on clear plastic card, " AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Walpole-Nornalup N.P., 1.4 km NE Mandalay Beach, 20 m, 34°59.76'S, 116°32.94'E, 3-9 VIII 2004, mixed forest on old dunes; FMHD#2004-140, flight intercept trap, A. Newton, M. Thayer, A. Solodovnikov 1112". Paratypes (N = 5; 1 male, 4 females). Australia: Western Australia: 1♂(FMNH), elytra and aedeagus dissected in micro vial, Mt. Clare, 12 km, W Walpole, 20 XII 1976, JKethley, FM#76-517, Ber. #151, Euc. cornuta litter; 1♀(FMNH), Walpole-Nornalup N.P., Anderson Rd. near Valley of the Giants Rd., 120 m, 34°59.48'S, 116°52.35'E, 2 VIII 2004, tingle- Allocasuarina -karri ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ) forest; FMHD#2004-137, Berlese, leaf & log litter, A. Newton, M. Thayer, et al. 1111; 1♀ (CBNUIC, slide mounted), Walpole-Nornalup N.P., Giant Tingle Tree area, 190 m, 34°58.88'S, 116°47.42'E, 2-9 VIII 2004, tingle- Allocasuarina -karri ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ) forest; FMHD#2004-130, flight intercept trap, Newton, Solodovnikov, Thayer, 1110; 2♀ (1, UNHC; 1 FMNH), Walpole N.P. Hilltop Rd., 21 VI 1980, Berlese, karri & tingle tree litter, S. & J. Peck.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from Porongurup angulatus sp. nov. by the elytra being as long as wide ( Fig. 1C, F View Figure 1 ). It also differs from P. clarkei sp. nov. by lacking the articulated extension at the apex of the median lobe of the male genitalia ( Fig. 2D View Figure 2 ).

Description.

Length 1.8-2.0 mm ( Fig. 1C, F View Figure 1 ). Head. Head in dorsal view with both deep and narrow frontal sulcus and vertexal foveae. Male antennae longer than those of female ( Fig. 4E, F View Figure 4 ). Antennomeres II longer than wide, III subquadrate and smallest, IV and V longer than wide, VI—VIII as long as wide, IX and X transverse ( Fig. 4E, F View Figure 4 ). Elytra. Male elytra longer than wide, female elytra shorter than those of male ( Fig. 1C, F View Figure 1 ). Abdomen. Male abdominal segment VI approximately three times as long as V, female with segment VI 1.5 times longer than V ( Fig. 1C, F View Figure 1 ). Aedeagus. Median lobe of male genitalia as long as parameres, apex sharp and narrow. Phallobase oval in dorsal view. Parameres symmetrical ( Fig. 2D View Figure 2 ).